"The Novo is an involving and addictive listen"

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision's verdict on our factory built Novo headphone amplifier, plus they gave it best headphone amplifier award 2009, and the same for 2010! Group test winner in April 2009 beating off rivals Creek OBH-21SE, Lehmann Rhinelander and Pro-ject Headbox SEII.

Headphone Amplifier Kit: The Novo Headphone Amplifier in Kit Form

Now you can DIY build this award winner - buy the Novo headphone amplifier kit - it's supplied with a detailed handbook. And now we can even pre-build it for you (see shop to order - under DAK kits)

Skill Level: For electronics hobbyists having good soldering skills and a general good understanding of electronic components

Few kits are this good!

The www.diy-audio-kits.com Novo headphone amplifier is identical in every respect to the commercial Graham Slee Novo version apart from the case graphics.

Options

Complete Kit with Handbook: £120.00 + shipping + VAT

Ready Built with Handbook: £200.00 + shipping + VAT

First Aid Kit (a selection of parts known to fail if kit assembled badly): £20.00 + shipping + VAT

VAT not charged outside EEC (EU)

 

Please read "please note" below (click here) prior to purchase of PCB Assembly + Case Kit or Complete Kit

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Availability update (5th April 2011): packing more kits - ships in 2 weeks of order

Novo DIY Headphone Amplifier Kit Handbook

A 20 page comprehensive handbook is supplied  with the Complete kit and PCB Assembly kit options.

A concise "How it Works" section explains in plain universal engineering language exactly how the circuit works.

A fold-out circuit diagram at the rear of the book makes the explanation easy to follow, and for budding analogue designers it's excellent educational material too!

With the assistance of the fold-out large scale colour photograph the PCB assembly instructions are easy to follow.

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Novo Headphone Amplifier Specification

(Measured into 32 Ohm load except where stated)

Rated Output: 150mW RMS (40mW RMS into 600 Ohms)

Distortion (THD plus noise)
At rated (max.) output: 0.03%
At volume control mid-point: 0.01%

Input Impedance: greater than 38 kilo Ohms

Recommended input range: 200mV - 1V RMS (2.8V p-p)

Frequency Response:
At maximum output: 20 Hz - 70k Hz (-3dB points)
At volume control mid-point: 20 Hz - 50k Hz (-3dB points)

Channel Balance: 0.5dB typical

Hum & Noise:
"A-curve" weighted: -90dB
CCIR quasi-peak 20Hz-20kHz: -84dB

Stereo Crosstalk: -51dB

Size (in enclosure): L. 10.5 W. 10.5 H. 5 (cm) approx. excluding controls and connectors

Warning: Headphones can cause hearing damage if operated too loud!

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Please Note: The case extrusions nearly always have a slight curvature due to the cooling metal emerging from the extrusion die. Production units are just the same. Please do not attempt straighten the extrusions - they will fit together OK and look right when fully assembled. An attempt to straighten them almost invariably will lead to disaster and be revealed in stress marks in the anodic finish. We can supply replacement extrusions at a cost.

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